Top Business Schools for Corporate Finance 2024

Booth’s highly-analytical curriculum helps grads land jobs in a variety of corporate finance roles. Typically, at least one-third of Booth’s MBA grads go into functional roles in finance. The student-led “Booth Finance Club” is a great networking resource for Booth MBAs who are interested in the field. Students can choose to pursue the Booth MBA concentration in Finance, or get deeper into the quant with the Analytic Finance concentration. 

HHL’s MBA in Finance is unique in Germany in that it closely addresses issues related to corporate finance. Alongside the quantitive skills needed for finance, students will also learn to be effective managers. The school also hosts a research center focusing on Corporate Transactions and Private Equity, which insures that up-to-date finance insights are integrated into the MBA curriculum. 

Through the school's MBA concentration in Finance, students have landed jobs in Fortune 500 financial firms like Bank of America and Morgan Stanley. In the past, the Financial Times has listed Simon as a top-ten school for finance in its Global MBA rankings. Typically, at least 25 percent of the school’s MBA classes go into finance; the school calls corporate finance the “most popular” career path for students. 

The school’s Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking puts on a range of events and helps students land corporate finance jobs. The school offers a specialized MBA in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, which gives students some practical experience through some corporate finance consulting projects. Three tracks are available as part of this unique MBA program, in Strategic Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and New Venture Finance.

At Cox, MBA students can choose to pursue a concentration in Finance, where they’ll take classes like “Finance Theory and Practice,” and “Valuation and Analysis,” all important for corporate finance. Within the concentration, students are also given the option of specializing in Corporate Finance. Typically, at least 35 percent of each MBA class tends to go into functional roles in finance. 

Through the school’s Managerial Finance Immersion program, MBAs can understand how corporate finance works in theory, and then through site visits and practicums they can see how it works in practice. Generally, between 30 and 40 percent of each of the school’s MBA classes go into functional roles in finance. Cornell offers an MBA concentration in Corporate Finance, where students will learn to analyze financial statements and be exposed to international finance, among other things. 

Rotman MBAs who are interested in corporate finance can pursue a Finance pathway as part of the program, where students explore issues related ranging from debt and equity to the legal and regulatory frameworks that impact corporate finance. According to the school’s most recent post-MBA career report, just about a quarter of graduates landed jobs with a finance function. 

As part of Northeastern’s MBA concentration in Corporate Finance, students can delve into topics like business turnarounds, finance strategy, and more. They can also opt to focus on a corporate finance role as part of the MBA program’s corporate residency, which means taking away real work experience. Typically, around 30 percent of Northeastern’s MBA classes tend to go into functional roles in finance or accounting. 

The school publishes a range of research on finance-related topics, through several different research centers. Generally, between one-quarter and one-third of each of the school’s MBA classes go into finance roles. Students can opt to do an MBA concentration in Finance.

Through the MBA program’s Corporate Finance concentration, students can learn the ins and outs of financial statement analysis, derivatives, and more. Over 38 percent of UNC’s most recent MBA graduates went into finance roles, an increase over previous years.